C Em G I grow old i shall wear the bottom of my trousers rolled says elliot C Em G I grow old i shall wear the bottom of my trousers rolled says elliot F C Dm F Days keep growing short, nights too C Let us go then, you and i Em G And try to unlearn, says elliot F C Dm F C He seeks for return and burns ancient love letters C Em G Let us go then you and i and lie by marble stone says elliot F C Dm And put a record on the gramophone Am Lie down dear D On the weed G Don't weep dear E D Gayly clad C Em G Sadness is a radical quantity says elliot C Em G Sadness is a long round ribbon, says he F C Dm Sadness is beautiful C Em G I grow old i shall wear the bottom of my trousers rolled says elliot C Em G C I grow old i shall wear my trousers rolled says elliot